Bittersweet
Artist
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
(American, founded 1979)
Artist
Richard Capizzi
(American)
CultureAmerican
Date2011
MediumChocolate, plastic
Dimensions7 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 1 9/16 in. (19.1 × 19.1 × 4 cm)
PortfolioFrom the Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Project
Credit LineGifts of Lynn Gumpert in memory of Amy L. Brandt (1978-2015), the McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art from 2011 to 2015
Object number2016.26.4
Not on view
Description25 pieces of chocolate in a box, cast in two-digit numbers in high relieg in invese value and height to the darkness of the chocolate. Contained in a clear plastic box, with lid vacuum formed to the chocolate.Bittersweet is a creation by Broad Museum architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio and Charles Renfro collaborating with Chocolatier Richard Capizzi.
ProvenanceThe work was a December 2011 gift of the Peter Norton, Los Angeles, who commissioned it from the artist. The work was a gift to the donor, Lynn Gumpert, from Peter Norton. Lynn Gumpert donated the work to the Chrysler Museum of Art in September 2016.
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